Game Dev Journey

The Interface

For the moment, the most important part of the interface is the button which switches between Object Mode and Edit Mode. You can also use the keyboard shortcut - TAB

Object Mode =

Edit Mode =

move, scale, rotate and organize objects

zoom, slice, reshape and adjust geometry

Edit mode gives you access to the vertex, edge and face of the cube

The coordinate system in Blender is:

X axis: Horizontal positive right, negative left

Y axis: Depth positive away, negative toward you

Z axis: Vertical up, negative down

The 3D Cursor can be moved by

Pressing Shift+Right-Click anywhere in the viewport

Configure Snapping options by pressing Shift+S and choosing

Important views in Blender:

Perspective: How the human eye would see it, objects further away appear smaller

Orthographic: Size is uniform regardless of camera distance

Press Num Key 5 to switch views

Orthographic

Perspective

Navigating the viewport

Orbit:

Pan:

Zoom:

Slow Zoom:

Frame / Focus:

Hold down the middle mouse button and drag.

Hold Shift + middle mouse button and drag.

Scroll the mouse wheel

Press Ctrl + mouse wheel

Press . On the number pad

This rotates the view around the scenes focal point.

This moves the view parallel to the 3D Viewport plane.

This adjusts the distance between the viewport camera and the scenes focal point.

Frames the selected object in the viewport

Cameras

To add a Camera

Make sure to be in Object Mode

Press Shift + A or click the Add menu

Choose camera from the list

Press 0 on the num pad to switch to the active camera view

Press Ctrl + 0 to see what the camera sees

With the camera selected

Press G to move it

Press R to rotate it

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